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| Title |
A novel method for estimating the number of species within a region
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1098/rspb.2013.3009 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Elad Shtilerman, Colin J. Thompson, Lewi Stone, Michael Bode, Mark Burgman |
| Abstract |
Ecologists are often required to estimate the number of species in a region or designated area. A number of diversity indices are available for this purpose and are based on sampling the area using quadrats or other means, and estimating the total number of species from these samples. In this paper, a novel theory and method for estimating the number of species is developed. The theory involves the use of the Laplace method for approximating asymptotic integrals. The method is shown to be successful by testing random simulated datasets. In addition, several real survey datasets are tested, including forests that contain a large number (tens to hundreds) of tree species, and an aquatic system with a large number of fish species. The method is shown to give accurate results, and in almost all cases found to be superior to existing tools for estimating diversity. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 17% |
| Mexico | 1 | 8% |
| Japan | 1 | 8% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 58% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 75% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 97 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Australia | 2 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 78 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 27 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 20% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 17 | 18% |
| Unknown | 15 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 52 | 54% |
| Environmental Science | 15 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 21 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 April 2018.
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